6-year-old girl handcuffed after throwing tantrum at school

Police in Midgeville, Ga., say they handcuffed a 6-year-old elementary school student for safety after she allegedly threw a tantrum at school, tearing items off the principal’s wall and upending furniture, WMAZ-TV reports.

According to the police report, the girl also knocked over a shelf, injuring the principal at Creekside Elementary School.

Police say the girl was crying in the principal’s office when they arrived, but that she resisted when they tried to calm her, and was cuffed, WMAZ-TV reports.